The body of an illegal miner has been retrieved from an underground shaft in Roodepoort in the West Rand, where a group of other miners is still trapped.
Johannesburg Emergency Services believes three more miners remain trapped underground.
The incident comes just days after more than 20 illegal miners were rescued from an abandoned gold mine in Benoni. – SAnews.gov.za
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